NHL 1997/98
NHL 1997/98 | |
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league | National Hockey League |
Period | October 1, 1997 to June 16, 1998 |
Teams | 26th |
Games / team | 82 |
Draft | |
Event | 1997 NHL Entry Draft |
Top pick | Joe Thornton |
Elected by | Boston Bruins |
Regular season | |
Presidents' Trophy | Dallas Stars |
MVP | Dominik Hašek (Buffalo) |
Top scorer | Jaromír Jágr (Pittsburgh) |
Playoffs | |
Stanley Cup winner | Detroit Red Wings |
finalist | Washington Capitals |
Playoff MVP | Steve Yzerman (Detroit) |
NHL seasons | |
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The 1997/98 NHL season was the 81st season in the National Hockey League . 26 teams played 82 games each. The Stanley Cup won the Detroit Red Wings for the second time in a row after a 4-0 success (" Sweep ") in the final series against the Washington Capitals .
It was the first season for the Carolina Hurricanes , the former Hartford Whalers , after their move. With the Edmonton Oilers , the fourth former WHA team was almost relocated to Houston. However, a group of investors prevented the sale.
For the first time in the history of the NHL, a game was not played on North American soil. The season started with a view to the Olympic Winter Games in Nagano in the Japanese capital Tokyo . There the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim met the Vancouver Canucks . In order to promote the first-time participation of the NHL players in "Olympia", the format was changed in the NHL All-Star Game . From then on, the North Americans competed against an international selection of NHL players.
Regular season
Closing tables
Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws after overtime , GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points
Explanations: The placement within the conference is shown in brackets; = Playoff qualification, = division winner, = conference winner, = Presidents' Trophy winner
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division | GP | W. | L. | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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New Jersey Devils (1) | 82 | 48 | 23 | 11 | 225 | 166 | 107 |
Philadelphia Flyers (3) | 82 | 42 | 29 | 11 | 242 | 193 | 95 |
Washington Capitals (4) | 82 | 40 | 30th | 12 | 219 | 202 | 92 |
New York Islanders (10) | 82 | 30th | 41 | 11 | 212 | 225 | 71 |
New York Rangers (11) | 82 | 25th | 39 | 18th | 197 | 231 | 68 |
Florida Panthers (12) | 82 | 24 | 43 | 15th | 203 | 256 | 63 |
Tampa Bay Lightning (13) | 82 | 17th | 55 | 10 | 151 | 269 | 44 |
Northeast Division | GP | W. | L. | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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Pittsburgh Penguins (2) | 82 | 40 | 24 | 18th | 228 | 188 | 98 |
Boston Bruins (5) | 82 | 39 | 30th | 13 | 221 | 194 | 91 |
Buffalo Sabers (6) | 82 | 36 | 29 | 17th | 211 | 187 | 89 |
Montreal Canadiens (7) | 82 | 37 | 32 | 13 | 235 | 208 | 87 |
Ottawa Senators (8) | 82 | 34 | 33 | 15th | 193 | 200 | 83 |
Carolina Hurricanes (9) | 82 | 33 | 41 | 8th | 200 | 219 | 74 |
Western Conference
Central Division | GP | W. | L. | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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Dallas Stars (1) | 82 | 49 | 22nd | 11 | 242 | 167 | 109 |
Detroit Red Wings (2) | 82 | 44 | 23 | 15th | 250 | 196 | 103 |
St. Louis Blues (3) | 82 | 45 | 29 | 8th | 256 | 204 | 98 |
Phoenix Coyotes (6) | 82 | 35 | 35 | 12 | 224 | 227 | 82 |
Chicago Blackhawks (9) | 82 | 30th | 39 | 13 | 192 | 199 | 73 |
Toronto Maple Leafs (10) | 82 | 30th | 43 | 9 | 194 | 237 | 69 |
Pacific Division | GP | W. | L. | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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Colorado Avalanche (4) | 82 | 39 | 26th | 17th | 231 | 205 | 95 |
Los Angeles Kings (5) | 82 | 38 | 33 | 11 | 227 | 225 | 87 |
Edmonton Oilers (7) | 82 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 215 | 224 | 80 |
San Jose Sharks (8) | 82 | 34 | 38 | 10 | 210 | 216 | 78 |
Calgary Flames (11) | 82 | 26th | 41 | 15th | 217 | 252 | 67 |
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (12) | 82 | 26th | 43 | 13 | 205 | 261 | 65 |
Vancouver Canucks (13) | 82 | 25th | 43 | 14th | 224 | 273 | 64 |
Best scorer
The best scorer was Jaromír Jágr . As the best assists he had to share first place with his 67 assists with Wayne Gretzky . There were also two leading scorers, Teemu Selänne and Peter Bondra each scoring 52 goals. Pawel Bure , who tried it most often with 329 shots , scored one less hit .
Outnumbered, Žigmund Pálffy was the best with 17 goals, while Jeff Friesen and Pawel Bure were outnumbered with six goals each. With an average of 21.9, almost every fifth shot by Mike Sillinger landed in the gate. The Plus / Minus led Chris Pronger with +47 significantly. The bad guy of the season was Donald Brashear with 372 penalty minutes. The most successful defender was Nicklas Lidström with 59 points. Rob Blake scored 23 goals while Sergei Zubov provided 47 assists.
Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, +/− = plus / minus , PIM = penalty minutes; Bold: Season best
player | team | GP | G | A. | Pts | +/- | PIM |
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Jaromír Jágr | Pittsburgh | 77 | 35 | 67 | 102 | +17 | 64 |
Peter Forsberg | Colorado | 72 | 25th | 66 | 91 | +6 | 94 |
Pavel Bure | Vancouver | 82 | 51 | 39 | 90 | +5 | 48 |
Wayne Gretzky | NY Rangers | 82 | 23 | 67 | 90 | −11 | 28 |
John LeClair | Philadelphia | 82 | 51 | 36 | 87 | +30 | 32 |
Žigmund Pálffy | NY Islanders | 82 | 45 | 42 | 87 | −2 | 34 |
Ron Francis | Pittsburgh | 81 | 25th | 62 | 87 | +12 | 20th |
Teemu Selänne | Anaheim | 73 | 52 | 34 | 86 | +12 | 30th |
Jason Allison | Boston | 81 | 33 | 50 | 83 | +33 | 60 |
Jozef Stümpel | los Angeles | 77 | 21st | 58 | 79 | +17 | 53 |
Best goalkeeper
Abbreviations: GP = games, TOI = ice age (in minutes), W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, GA = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = shots saved (in%), GAA = average goal conceded; Bold: Season best
player | team | GP | TOI | W. | L. | T | GA | SO | Sv% | ATM |
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Ed Belfour | Dallas | 61 | 3581 | 37 | 12 | 10 | 112 | 9 | 0.916 | 1.88 |
Martin Brodeur | New Jersey | 70 | 4128 | 43 | 17th | 8th | 130 | 10 | 0.917 | 1.89 |
Tom Barrasso | Pittsburgh | 63 | 3542 | 31 | 14th | 13 | 122 | 7th | 0.922 | 2.07 |
Dominik Hašek | Buffalo | 72 | 4220 | 33 | 23 | 13 | 147 | 13 | 0.932 | 2.09 |
Ron Hextall | Philadelphia | 46 | 2688 | 21st | 17th | 7th | 97 | 4th | 0.911 | 2.17 |
Trevor Kidd | Carolina | 47 | 2685 | 21st | 21st | 3 | 97 | 3 | 0.922 | 2.17 |
Jamie McLennan | St. Louis | 30th | 1658 | 16 | 8th | 2 | 60 | 2 | 0.903 | 2.17 |
Best rookie scorer
The title of best rookie scorer was shared by the most successful goalscorer with 22 goals, Sergei Samsonow and Mike Johnson , who set a best performance with 32 assists. Both achieved 47 points. The plus / minus member and not of the rookies led Anders Eriksson with +21. Krzysztof Oliwa showed with 295 penalty minutes that he feared no one in his first season.
Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , PIM = penalty minutes
player | team | GP | G | A. | Pts | +/- | PIM |
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Sergei Samsonov | Boston | 81 | 22nd | 25th | 47 | +9 | 8th |
Mike Johnson | Toronto | 82 | 15th | 32 | 47 | −4 | 24 |
Patrik Eliáš | New Jersey | 74 | 18th | 19th | 37 | +18 | 28 |
Patrick Marleau | San Jose | 74 | 13 | 19th | 32 | +5 | 14th |
Marco Sturm | San Jose | 74 | 10 | 20th | 30th | −2 | 40 |
Mattias Öhlund | Vancouver | 77 | 7th | 23 | 30th | +3 | 76 |
Stanley Cup playoffs
Conference quarterfinals | Conference semifinals | Conference finals | Stanley Cup Final | ||||||||||||||
1 | New Jersey Devils | 2 | 4th | Washington Capitals | 4th | ||||||||||||
8th | Ottawa Senators | 4th | 8th | Ottawa Senators | 1 | ||||||||||||
2 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 2 | Eastern Conference | ||||||||||||||
7th | Canadiens de Montréal | 4th | |||||||||||||||
4th | Washington Capitals | 4th | |||||||||||||||
6th | Buffalo Sabers | 2 | |||||||||||||||
3 | Philadelphia Flyers | 1 | |||||||||||||||
6th | Buffalo Sabers | 4th | |||||||||||||||
4th | Washington Capitals | 4th | 6th | Buffalo Sabers | 4th | ||||||||||||
5 | Boston Bruins | 2 | 7th | Canadiens de Montréal | 0 | ||||||||||||
E4 | Washington Capitals | 0 | |||||||||||||||
(The teams are reset after the first round.) | |||||||||||||||||
W3 | Detroit Red Wings | 4th | |||||||||||||||
1 | Dallas Stars | 4th | 1 | Dallas Stars | 4th | ||||||||||||
8th | San Jose Sharks | 2 | 7th | Edmonton Oilers | 1 | ||||||||||||
2 | Colorado Avalanche | 3 | |||||||||||||||
7th | Edmonton Oilers | 4th | |||||||||||||||
1 | Dallas Stars | 2 | |||||||||||||||
3 | Detroit Red Wings | 4th | |||||||||||||||
3 | Detroit Red Wings | 4th | |||||||||||||||
6th | Phoenix Coyotes | 2 | Western Conference | ||||||||||||||
4th | St. Louis Blues | 4th | 3 | Detroit Red Wings | 4th | ||||||||||||
5 | Los Angeles Kings | 0 | 4th | St. Louis Blues | 2 |
NHL Awards and trophies awarded
- Main article: 1998 NHL Awards
See also
- 1997 NHL Entry Draft
- 48th National Hockey League All-Star Game
- 1998 NHL Awards
- NHL Player of the Month
Web links
- The 1997/98 NHL season at hockeydb.com